Computer & Video Games Recommendations

[Syferus]

No longer just for cool people.

With smartphones and tablets infecting every corner of life almost everyone has access to some sort of games playing device, right?

So what are people playing? As a time-waster New Star Soccer on iOS is one of my favourites, it's a 2D soccer game where you play as one player and matches sim through to the points where you can do something to effect the play so they only take about 30 seconds to a minute to complete. You're building up your player's stats like an RPG, basically it's like a cross between Sensible Soccer and Championship Manager.

In terms of PC games I've always been a Civilization fan and have been playing the new expansion for Civilization V recently and it's as good as ever, the hex-based map and one unit per-tile limit they introduced in Civ V really changed the dynamic of the game for the better.

Then there's the big budget action games and this year has had two stellar ones, Bioshock Infinite and The Last of Us. The former set in a 1910s American exceptionalism city in the sky (literally) and the later set twenty years after a fungal outbreak that has pretty much destroyed civilization. The Last of Us really stands out in how it gives weight to movement and combat (you're not some superman walking turret for a change) but both games have strong characters and interesting stories. There seems to have been a lot of progress made in the last few years in moving stories in games on from the stereotypical guff that was the norm for so long.

Anyways, I guess I'm just looking for a starting point - what games stand out for people, now or in the past?

[laoislad]

Video games peaked with Centipede on the atari 2600!

[Cold tea]

Brick it on the old BBC. 

[whiskeysteve]

Wolfenstein 3D, Doom I & II, Duke Nukem 3D... halycon days of simple FPS deathmatches 

[trileacman]

MGS 1 was the peak of video gaming for me.

[deiseach]

MGS 1 was the peak of video gaming for me.

Check out Cardboard Box Simulator.

[Syferus]

MGS 1 was the peak of video gaming for me.

Ever play the Twin Snakes version of MGS1 for GameCube? MGS2-style first-person shooting added in and it breaks parts of the game (Ocelot's boss battle mutates into comedy) but it's definitely interesting. They really should make a HD version of that one and re-release it because barring using a GC emulator on a PC GC is the only way to play it still.

[trileacman]

MGS 1 was the peak of video gaming for me.

Ever play the Twin Snakes version of MGS1 for GameCube? MGS2-style first-person shooting added in and it breaks parts of the game (Ocelot's boss battle mutates into comedy) but it's definitely interesting. They really should make a HD version of that one and re-release it because barring using a GC emulator on a PC GC is the only way to play it still.

No but had a mate who swore by it. Really enjoyed the storyline of MGS-1. Went to shite after that.

[whiskeysteve]

GTA 5 has been released to rave reviews - $140M spent on development alone - will not have time to get into it the next while but anyone else getting it?

[Tony Baloney]

GTA 5 has been released to rave reviews - $140M spent on development alone - will not have time to get into it the next while but anyone else getting it?

Havent played a games console in anger in nearly 10 years but I have just watched the GTA V ad on youtube and I think I might be in love.

http://youtu.be/N-xHcvug3WI

[Syferus]

GTA 5 has been released to rave reviews - $140M spent on development alone - will not have time to get into it the next while but anyone else getting it?

Havent played a games console in anger in nearly 10 years but I have just watched the GTA V ad on youtube and I think I might be in love.

http://youtu.be/N-xHcvug3WI

Dispatched by Amazon today. Arriving Thursday. Day of adoration planned.

[Tony Baloney]

GTA 5 has been released to rave reviews - $140M spent on development alone - will not have time to get into it the next while but anyone else getting it?

Havent played a games console in anger in nearly 10 years but I have just watched the GTA V ad on youtube and I think I might be in love.

http://youtu.be/N-xHcvug3WI

Dispatched by Amazon today. Arriving Thursday. Day of adoration planned.

I might trade in the kids for a PS4 and a copy of this.

[The Worker]

GTA 5 has been released to rave reviews - $140M spent on development alone - will not have time to get into it the next while but anyone else getting it?

Havent played a games console in anger in nearly 10 years but I have just watched the GTA V ad on youtube and I think I might be in love.

http://youtu.be/N-xHcvug3WI

Dispatched by Amazon today. Arriving Thursday. Day of adoration planned.

I might trade in the kids for a PS4 and a copy of this.

Not scheduled to be released on the ps4 for a while.

[laoislad]

Haven't played anything on PS3 in a long time apart from downloaded tv shows and films!
Think I may just have to get GTA 5.Looks very good. Vice City is still my favourite game ever.

[Captain Obvious]

Has the guy in GTA learnt to swim yet?